LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

vulturīnus

vulturīnus (feminine vulturīna, neuter vulturīnum)
Classical[wʊɫ.tʊˈriː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[vul.tuˈriː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivevulture-like

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevulturīnusvulturīnavulturīnum
genitivevulturīnīvulturīnaevulturīnī
dativevulturīnōvulturīnaevulturīnō
accusativevulturīnumvulturīnamvulturīnum
ablativevulturīnōvulturīnāvulturīnō
vocativevulturīnevulturīnavulturīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativevulturīnīvulturīnaevulturīna
genitivevulturīnōrumvulturīnārumvulturīnōrum
dativevulturīnīsvulturīnīsvulturīnīs
accusativevulturīnōsvulturīnāsvulturīna
ablativevulturīnīsvulturīnīsvulturīnīs
vocativevulturīnīvulturīnaevulturīna

vultŭrīnus (volt-), a, um, adj. 1. vultur,
I. of or belonging to a vulture, vulture-like, vulturine: fel, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 123: sanguis, id. 30, 4, 10, § 30: collum, Mart. 9, 28, 2: species, the form of a vulture, Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8.

Origins

Derived from vultur (“vulture”) + -īnus (“-ine”, “-like”, adjectival suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishvulturine

In English words that came into English from vulturīnus

  • vulturinevulturīnus

Quick answers

What does vulturīnus mean in Latin?
vulturīnus, a adjective, means “vulture-like”.
How do you pronounce vulturīnus?
In classical Latin, [wʊɫ.tʊˈriː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vul.tuˈriː.nus].